WidgetokoCreate an RSS feed from any website data.
Ever wanted to subscribe to a site via RSS but they don't provide a feed?
Several services have sprung up lately to solve the problem. Feed43 and Dapper step you through a process of creating a custom feed for a feedless site. The configuration at both Feed43 and Dapper are more complicated than I would like but doable after some trial and error.
Not exactly widgets, although I find them incredible useful. They may give you something to fill up content for your RSS feed reader widgets like those provided by Widgetbox, SpringWidgets and MuseStorm.
I've been using both services to track forums which do not provide RSS feeds (not cool by the way). Also great for sites where you want to monitor search results.
Hope this helps.
February 5th, 2007 at 2:04 pm
If you want a powerfull RSS enabler solution (that also can create REST services etc) you should really check out openkapow.com.
February 6th, 2007 at 3:28 am
Dapper and Feed43 are nice, but for quick RSS scraping I prefer to use FeedYes.com which doesn’t have many options, but it has helped my out very well so far.
February 6th, 2007 at 10:43 am
I guess this isn’t a copyright violation as long as you are not publishing what has been scraped.
February 13th, 2007 at 2:20 pm
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February 19th, 2007 at 11:16 pm
What I’m looking for is a feed “converter” or creator that will make a feed that covers only the latest posts on a blog for the past week into a single feed “post”, as it were. All together and released on one date. Most feeds show you whatever is the latest releases. I want a digest style feed for my blog.
I’ve been looking for months. Any ideas?